Solidago ulmifolia

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|genus = Solidago

|species = ulmifolia

|authority = Muhl. ex Willd. 1803

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-1754 The Plant List, Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. ex Willd. ]

|synonyms = *Aster ulmifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Kuntze

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Solidago ulmifolia, commonly known as elmleaf goldenrod,{{PLANTS|id=SOUL2|taxon=Solidago ulmifolia|accessdate=19 November 2015}} is a North American species of goldenrod in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Canada (Ontario and Nova Scotia) and the eastern and central United States (from Maine west to Minnesota, south as far as Texas and the Florida Panhandle).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20ulmifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Its natural habitat is thin woodlands and bluffs, often over calcareous substrates.{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |title= Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States |author= Alan Weakley |date= 2015}} In Florida, it is found in moist hammock communities. This species is found in both high quality and degraded habitats, such as the shaded edges of lawns and old fields.[http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/elm_goldenrod.htm Solidago ulmifolia] IllinoisWildflowers{{cite book |last=Yatskievych |first=George |date=2006 |title=Flora of Missouri, Volume 2 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden Press |pages=146 }}